eburumbu

== Yoruba == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̀.bù.ɾú.ŋ̀.bú/ === Noun === ẹ̀bùrúm̀bú (literally, rare) hidden method a traditional Yoruba artistic method used in oral poetry competitions in which poets approach a type of poem (oríkì, ẹ̀sà, ìjálá) from an uncommon angle (perhaps idiomatic or proverbial) and challenges a fellow poet to continue the poem from that unique angle in an attempt to confuse them. A competent ẹlẹ́sà (ẹ̀sà poet) can confuse and defeat an opponent by starting from an ambivalent point, causing the opponent to chant the wrong oríkì orílẹ̀ in response. === References === Ọlátúnjí, Ọlátúndé O. The Yoruba Oral Poet and His Society [1], 1979